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<br />Armstrong backs
<br />Indians in battle
<br />over water project
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<br />By JOAN lOWY
<br />News Washll>gton Bureau
<br />
<br />WASIIlNGTON - Sen, William
<br />Armstrong threatened yesterday
<br />to assist Indians in pursuing a law-
<br />suit against the federal gO\'ern-
<br />ment, Colorado and New Mexico
<br />unless the Reagan administralion
<br />changes ils mind on the $550 mil.
<br />lion Animas-La Plata .....ater pro-
<br />j('Ct in southwestern Colorado,
<br />If the administration "is not in-
<br />clined to help us, then I will en.
<br />courage the Indians to file their
<br />lawsuit, and I will file a friend of
<br />the court brief" supporting thE:m,
<br />the Co]orildo Hepublican said.
<br />The t.....o tribes involved - the
<br />Ute Indians and the Ute Mountain
<br />Utes - already have filed a law-
<br />suit in Colorado Water Court, but it
<br />isn't being pursued, p{'nding the
<br />outcome of negotiations on a feder-
<br />3] cost-sh.Jring agreement for con-
<br />struction of the proj{'ct, ..
<br />Armstrong's remarks came af.
<br />ter a meeting betwe-en federal Of-
<br />fice of :'\bnagement and Budget
<br />Director James ~Iiller, Armstrong,
<br />Sen Pete Dom('niei, R-New ~Iexi.
<br />co .Jnd Rep_ ~tike Strang, R-Colo-
<br />rado.
<br />The ]Jwm:lkcrs told ~Iil]er thev
<br />want the admmistration to back
<br />down on IlS opposition to a pro-
<br />posed cost-sharing agreement
<br />worked out bet"H'en a myriad of
<br />interests In southwt'stern Coloradu
<br />and northl.'rn ~ew :-.It~xKO.
<br />Such an agreement IS necessary
<br />bdore any fedl'r:ll construction
<br />funds can -be supplied to the pro-
<br />ject
<br />"It would vastlv enhance our
<br />prospccts for succe~s if we could
<br />get the support the administration
<br />or at least elimin3te their active
<br />opposition," Armstrong saId,
<br />:\tiller was rt'cl'ptin> but made
<br />no commitments, Armslrong said.
<br />He mdic,:lteJ he went to :\filler
<br />
<br />because he speaks for the White
<br />House on budget matters and has
<br />Set the policy for the Interior De-
<br />partment on this issue,
<br />The Interior Department last
<br />month rejected a cost-sharing
<br />agreement negotiated among the
<br />advocates of the project.
<br />Unless an agreement acceptable
<br />to the administration is reached
<br />before the end of this mOnth, the
<br />project will lose $1 million in con.
<br />struction funds set aside by Con-
<br />gress for this year.,
<br />At stake are substantial water
<br />rights pledged by the federal gov.
<br />ernment to the Indian tribes but
<br />developed later by non.lndians_
<br />from ...arious local water districts,
<br />towns and even by the federal gov.
<br />ernment.
<br />Meanwhile, the Indians say they
<br />are without irrigation and industri.
<br />al water needed for economic de-
<br />velopment. In many cases, drink-
<br />ing water is hauled to the.
<br />reservations by truck.
<br />Many of those close to the issue,
<br />including Colorado Attorney Gen-
<br />eral Duane Woodard, believe the
<br />Indians' case is strong and could
<br />result in substantial damage
<br />awards, leaving non-Indian west:
<br />ern slopt:' farmt:rs and towns liter-
<br />ally high and dry.
<br />Interior Department spokesman
<br />Tom Hughes said the dl'partment
<br />- had no comment on yesterday's
<br />meeting.llughesaddedthatlhede-
<br />p,1rtment is sending Wayne Mar-
<br />ch3nt, assistant secretary for wa-
<br />ter issues, to Den...er on
<br />Wednesday to meet With the par-
<br />ties in...ol....{'d in the hope of coming
<br />to a resolution before June 30.
<br />Strang said the adminis!ration's
<br />rejection of the cost-sharing agree.
<br />ml'nt has left it WIth "egg on its
<br />lace in a very big way.' Unless the
<br />gO\'t~rnmenl gt'!s itself "off the
<br />hook" the resull could be "costs
<br />that can't e...en be measured," he
<br />said.
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